Ultra Street Fighter IV confirmed to release in early June of 2014

Great news for fighting game fans. Ultra Street Fighter IV will be launching in early June on PS3 and Xbox 360 according to Capcom. Both the digital upgrade and retail/digital standalone versions will arrive on the same day for their respective price points of $14.99 and $39.99. Anyone with Super Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition can update to Ultra.

This of course gives users around a month to prepare for EVO 2k14, which is scheduled to feature the game. Also, PC users shouldn't expect to find Ultra available until August. That's still better than Wii U owners apparently not getting the game at all. For a chance to play the game early, Capcom will have it at the Capcom Cup. Doors open to the public at 9 am on December 14th, 2013 at the Hyatt SFO. Here's the tourney schedule:

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I think the PC thing is piracy. That would be my guess at least. There is nearly no way that it will be pirated half as much when it comes out on PS3/360 as if it came out on PC. Inevitably people will still wait and pirate but it will reduce.

Hopefully this saves Capcom. Although they have been jerks quite a bit these recent years, they are still the progenitors of Megaman (the sidescrolling granddaddy) and Street Fighter II (the fighting game granddaddy). Not to mention pioneers in Survival Horror with RE.

And its not like they don't still make good games, I enjoy all the Street Fighters, MvC3 was fun if a little plain (never got UMvC), Bionic Commando Rearmed was good, Asura's Wrath seems cool, Dragon's Dogma got big praise and the new Strider looks impressive. And I liked RE 5.

Screw Capcom at this point, they have screwed us over too many times and they will probably do it again. But I mean look at them right now!! Only $130 mil in the bank right now?? Well, guess I'm not buying it. Let them suffer.

I'm just bummed out that they always delay the PC version by a few months after console gamers get it. What is the logic behind this? The console gamers get it in the summer and I to wait to fall 2014 to play it. I don't want to spend $15 on the PS3 version and then spend another $15 when it's on Steam months later. That just irks me.

As for Xbox One, PS4, and even Wii U, Yoshinori Ono commented on Twitter that Capcom can't afford a new fighting game on the current platforms as of now. There was that report that they have something I think under 150 million dollars in the bank. They pretty much have to take it easy until they can try and turn more profits. There's always a chance the company could fold in the next few years and all of their IPs are sold to the highest bidder, I just hope if that happens EA doesn't buy Street Fighter.

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